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Sunday Thoughts

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1. It was hard not being at Xtreme this morning. We love our church family and can’t wait to get back!

2. Big thanks to Ted for bringing the Word and the team for helping everyone have a great experience at Xtreme today. We are blessed to lead such a strong team!

3. We got to attend Vive Church in Columbia, SC this morning. Our friends Randy and Robin Knechtel are doing a great job reaching people who are far from God. If you visit Columbia be sure to check out Vive.

4. I’m stoked to see what God is doing in Clarksville! All day I’ve been hearing great reports of what God is doing in churches around our city. Greater things!

5.  I guess today was the first day of spring. Yeah, I’m not a fan.

6. Big shout out to Jonathan Miller and his crew from XA! They’ll be helping us with some building work and maintenance this week at Xtreme.

7. Time to put the icing on a great Sunday by passing out for a glorious nap.

Connection

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Had a great night at Next Level. We had an impromptu prayer meeting that was great. I really felt like we needed to connect on that level. It’s one thing to say that you are going to pray for someone…actually praying with and for them is a whole different matter. I really believe God is going to honor  what we did tonight. I believe that God spoke loud tonight because we weren’t worried about time or format. We were real with Him and each other. It is so awesome to see real connection happen in the body of Christ. Its not about meetings or numbers. Its about connecting people to Christ…one life at a time.

APSU Move In

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Had a great time at APSU today. Passed out free food. Helped total strangers move into their new rooms. Let out light shine on a secular campus. Good stuff! Here’s to a great year for Next Level XA!

Thank God for Opportunities!

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Have a busy 4 days ahead. I’m speaking in 2 hours at our Wednesday night service. The message is called “I Pity the Fool”.  Tomorrow Next Level has our first outreach of the year: Freshman Move-In at APSU. We are giving away 100 goodie bags and helping some of the 600 new freshman move into their new homes. I’m stoked. Friday and Saturday Jaemi and I will head to Nashville for the Blend Conference. I don’t know if I’m more excited about seeing my friends, hearing Tommy Barnett and Alan Jackson, getting away for a weekend, speaking on Saturday,  or all of the above. I’m so thankful for the opportunity to do His business!

Back at It

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It is good to be back! I just climbed out of all of the email and messages that accumulated during 9 glorious days off! There is nothing like being recharged and refocused. I’m usually only good for 3 days of vacation. Then I start to go stir crazy. This year was different. I needed every second of that break to unwind and relax. I wasn’t expecting to preach on my first Sunday back…but God knew and He did all of the work! I get to share at our Youth group this Friday and I teach at Blend Conference at the end of the month. I’m stoked about  the upcoming semester at APSU. MCC is making some changes that will greatly increase our effectiveness. Next Level will be doing some serious outreach. I’m so blessed to be a part of something bigger than myself! It is great to be back!

What to do?

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Now that MCC 0809 is in the books its time to….? Seriously, there is a ton to do to get ready for MCC 09-10, Next Level (XA) at APSU, and our summer fireworks tent. I always feel a little lost the first week after graduation. It will be very quite in the church halls for the next couple of months!